Hollywood hills of West Cork

Neil Jordan’s in-production Byzantium is just one of many films to use the Beara Peninsula as a backdrop, says Carl Dixon

THE filming of director Neil Jordan’s Byzantium is under way on the Beara peninsula in West Cork. Jordan’s Irish take on a vampire movie, it stars Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan.

As with his previous film, Ondine, he utilises the spectacular landscape close to his holiday home near Castletownbere.